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13th Fogra UV Printing User Forum –
At the beginning of November, a group of industry experts gathered again for the biannual UV Printing User Forum. Over the course of two days, more than 70 people attended 17 presentations on all aspects of UV printing: from environmental aspects to applications in web offset through to alternatives to radiation curing and consumables.
Beatrix Genest from the Sächsisches Institut für die Druckindustrie (SID) explained how ink adhesion on non-absorbent substrates can be improved. In her presentation, she identified the essential properties of printing ink and the substrate. She also established that adhesion is not only influenced by surface tension. The results of a research project carried out at SID point to curing as a decisive factor. You will soon find more information about this on the institute's website (https://www.sidleipzig.de/) under “Completed projects” (Abgeschlossene Projekte).